Notable Online: 9/27–10/3
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Posts Tagged: amy shearn
Notable Online: 9/6–9/12
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Notable Online: 4/26–5/2
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #143: Saul Austerlitz
“I felt that Meredith Hunter was the invisible figure at the center of the story.”
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Notable NYC: 6/16–6/22
Literary events in and around New York City this week!
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Fandom and Family: Talking with Ted Scheinman
Ted Scheinman discusses his deep-dive into Jane Austen superfan culture, Camp Austen, how the Internet has fostered fandom culture, and whether being an editor helps his writing.
...moreThis Week in Essays
A weekly roundup of essays we’re reading online!
...moreAn Open Letter to George Bailey
“That’s right: George Bailey needs to chill. Don’t @ me.”
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Beneath a Pile of Tulle and Tiaras: Talking with Devorah Blachor
Devorah Blachor discusses The Feminist’s Guide to Raising a Little Princess, princess culture in America and abroad, and publishing a book on feminism in the current political climate.
...moreNotable NYC: 8/19–8/25
Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
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The Surprising Magic of Bad Books
Any story about a fairy is a story about female power.
...moreYour Mom Is Back and Angrier than Ever
Amy Shearn writes about the resurgence of the fictional housewife: It’s possible that these fed-up working-class housewives knew something that the languid stay-at-home mothers in today’s fiction are still struggling to learn: that housework is not going to keep any thinking person’s mind engaged for long, and that one frequently yearns to feel that one […]
...moreFaith and Water
Amy Shearn writes about swimming and prayer in Forward: I like swimming though I suspect I’m not very good at it; pool visits involve removing my glasses and I’m so nearsighted that I’ve never actually seen anyone else swim, so I’m not sure how you’re even supposed to be doing it. Pools are dreamy, unfocused […]
...moreWho Really Struggles Here?
Amy Shearn makes the case for the struggle of author Dorothy Miller Richardson. As much as I do love my dear prolific weirdo Knausgaard, he hasn’t really done anything all that revolutionary. In fact, exactly a century ago, England saw the beginnings of a similarly expansive novel brimming with what Ben Lerner called Knausgaard’s “radical […]
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